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stated on July 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.

By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2020
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 in a tweet:

"From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."

By Kevin Crowe • December 7, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 in his radio commentary:

"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."

By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015
Will Wynn
stated on March 30, 2014 in a news story:

More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2014
Bill Nelson
stated on April 8, 2014 in remarks at a committee hearing:

"My state of Florida is now the third-largest state. We have surpassed New York in population."

By Amy Sherman • April 14, 2014
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 in a speech in Philadelphia:

"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011